Major Additions - 8WayRun.Com - Media Library

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This is a new modification, spawning from the old VB 3.x Video Directory modifications.
For all intents and purposes, both my old Video Directory Remixed mod, and Survivor's original Video Directory mod have been discontinued. Neither of us are maintaining these older versions, they will not receive any future updates and we will not be providing any support. This version has a new name because it has been completely rewritten from scratch and is not being built on Survivor's old code. Because of this, if you are upgrading to this new version, from the old version, be sure to read this entire post in order to understand the upgrade process.

What is this mod?
Simply put, this mod is a directory for media. It supports URL inputs, in order to extract meta data and directorize media into a simple and easy to understand library. Users can add their favorite media from a select few online distribution centers (such as Youtube or Vimeo) and categorize and tag them as they see fit. This mod offers rudimentary support for the hosting of local media. An administrator can upload a media to the /customVID/ (default) directory; then add the media to the library using the URL code of "local:filename". Media hosted locally will be displayed using JWPlayer, but will not provide meta data, so that kind of information will need to be entered manually.

Demo:

http://www.8wayrun.com/media.php

Features:

• Integrated directly into the vBulletin user database and product manager.
• Fully phrased and built on tempaltes for easy re-skinning and styling.
• Simple to use administration features and usergroup permission settings.
• Landing page with the most recent, most popular and highest rated media.
• Ability to add media into a single category, while adding multiple tags.
• Ability to browse media through categories, tags, and user contributions.
• Summary tag cloud with a link to the entire list of tags in the system.
• Comment and rating system based on AJAX including graceful degredation.
• Individual RSS Feeds for newest videos, categories, tags and user media.
• Search function for titles and descriptions.

Installation:

If you are upgrading from before version 1.1, please install that version first.

1. Upload all the files in the "upload" directory of the attached zip file to your forum root.
2. CHMOD the /customVID/thumbs/ directory to full read/write/execute 777 permissions.
3. CHMOD the /customVID/sitemap/ directory to full read/write/execute 777 permissions.
4. Import the product file called "product-medialibrary.xml" in the Product Manager of vBulletin.
5. Set your usergroup permissions and media library settings in your administration control panel.
6. OPTIONAL: Enable the "Generate XML Media Sitemap" scheduled task in your administration control panel.
   
   NOTES: Make sure you decide what you wish to use for your thumbnail quality setting. By default, thumbnails are saved at 50% quality. At 50%, thumbnails will only be 2kb in size, but at the expense of quality. At 100%, thumbnails will be about 15kb in size, but will have the highest quality. I recommend setting it to 80%, which would leave thumbnails at 5kb in size with still excellent quality.
   
   Every time you change your thumbnail quality setting, you will need to run the "Rebuild Media Thumbnails" to see any changes.

Upgrading from VDR:

1. The "video*" tables from your previous installation of VDR need to exist in your database.
2. Enable the "media ADMIN import" plugin in the plugin manager of your control panel.
3. Run the "Import Media from VDR" process in your update counters menu in maintenance.
4. Disable the "media ADMIN import" plugin in the plugin manager of your control panel.
5. Run the "Rebuild Media Thumbnails" process in your update counters menu in maintenance.
6. You may now uninstall VDR once you confirm everything has been imported as intended.
   
   NOTES: You will mostly likely get at least one error while rebuilding media thumbnails...
   
   When you get an error, click the details link for that media. If the media displays some sort of error such as "This video has been removed" or "This video no longer exist", then that means that media is gone and you'll be unable to generate a thumbnail for that particular media. Use the available options on that media's detail page to DELETE it from your library. Then go back to your browser window which is rebuilding thumbnails and click the "retry from this position" link.
   
   If you got an error for a media, but after clicking the details link you can find no obvious error with the video; then the error could have just been a simple syn/ack failure. Just click the "retry from this position" link and the system will try to rebuild that thumbnail again.

Known Bugs:

There is a conflict with this modification and some of Valter's VSA modifications that will prevent navbar permissions from being handled correctly. I don't know exactly who's fault it is; but I'm pretty sure there are no errors in my code that would be causing this problem. There is a work around for this however.

Admin Control Panel > Plugins & Products > Plugin Manager > "media NAVTAB"

Find the code:

    $perms = media_permissions();

Replace with:

$perms['rate'] = true;
$perms['comment'] = true;
$perms['submit'] = true;
$perms['playlist'] = true;
 
if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, explode(',','5,6')))
{
    $perms['modtags'] = true;
    $perms['modcategory'] = true;
    $perms['modservice'] = true;
}

[Xencored]

Hey oki i upgraded to 0.9 and now

i get this error on all videos

Attachment 117093

Also if bb code is on
my main url gives this errror

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare handle_bbcode_media() (previously declared in /home/**/public_html/includes/class_bbcode.php(2982) : eval()'d code:23) in /home/**/public_html/includes/class_bbcode.php(2982) : eval()'d code on line 23

0.7 worked great so am guessing its somethign in the new one

Thanks

[Footman]

Originally Posted by weetabx

ok this will only submit to the said thread when you tick the box when you are submitting media

see below

Ah ha! never saw that... thanks bro.

I thought it was a default setting. I figured it would be a good idea for it to be default since I bet most users won't necessarily care if it's posted in the forum or not, where as we, as forum owners, like the extra posts. Good for making the board more 'active'

[Mulle]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

Did you CHMOD your customVID/thumbs directory correctly?

Do you mind PMing me your FTP information so I can test some things?

Now it works!
Probably nothing wrong with the mod, I contacted my host, and they have done something...


Thanks anyway! Great mod!

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by Animemike

Hey oki i upgraded to 0.9 and now

i get this error on all videos

Attachment 117093

Also if bb code is on
my main url gives this errror

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare handle_bbcode_media() (previously declared in /home/**/public_html/includes/class_bbcode.php(2982) : eval()'d code:23) in /home/**/public_html/includes/class_bbcode.php(2982) : eval()'d code on line 23

0.7 worked great so am guessing its somethign in the new one

Thanks

Please read update notes before you post errors.

[Jaxel]

Originally Posted by dbigras

When adding comments, it doesn't support french characters and turns them into weird characters..

But when adding a video with french characters in the title of the description, it works fine.

I think this has to do with the AJAX, please temporarily turn off AJAX on your forum and see if french characters start posting correctly.

[Xencored]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

Please read update notes before you post errors.

Ok very sorry feel like a idiot now....
All working now but bbcode error is still there
guess its some other mod
None the less still using this with it off

Thanks

[dbigras]

It breaks DragonTech's VBShout.

http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/threa...working-in-5.2

They say it's a problem in the plugin.

When I click on the Archives link, it gives me this error:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare handle_bbcode_media() (previously declared in /[path]/dbtech/vbshout/includes/libs/shoutbox.php(2781) : eval()'d code:24) in /[path]/dbtech/vbshout/includes/libs/shoutbox.php(2781) : eval()'d code on line 54

[Jaxel]

Wow... looking through DBTech's code for their Shoutbox, all I can do is put my head down in shame that they call themselves programmers. Apparently, their shoutbox redeclares several built in vbulletin libraries, rather than actually use the ones that are built into vbulletin. And people wonder why so many mods are so bloated? Its easy to see when you have mods like this that pretty much double up the size of the code.

So since the shoutbox declares the custom handle_bbcode_media function a SECOND time, you get the cannot redeclare error. Also, technically this makes DBTech's Shoutbox an illegal mod, as it reproduces built in vBulletin code (vB is visible source, not OPEN source... I have seen other mods deleted for using FAAAAAARRRR less vBulletin code than this mod). What makes this even worse is that DBTech charges $250 for a pro version of this mod.

[dbigras]

Oh great.. I will let them know.. Thanks for the great information.

What can be done?

Btw, it's 50$. ;-)

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Jaxel

Wow... looking through DBTech's code for their Shoutbox, all I can do is put my head down in shame that they call themselves programmers.

Thanks for the input there =)

Oh a little advice, you might want to try wrapping your function declarations in function_exists(). If you do not, then errors occur if the function is declared more than once. It's standard practice for most coders. Please do let us know if theres a good reason not to do this though, we're always happy to learn more efficient ways of coding.

For instance, your code will also produce errors if vBulletin's fetch_tag_list() function is called once, and then again with $force_all set to true. Just a little heads up on that for you =)

Originally Posted by Jaxel

Apparently, their shoutbox redeclares several built in vbulletin libraries, rather than actually use the ones that are built into vbulletin. And people wonder why so many mods are so bloated? Its easy to see when you have mods like this that pretty much double up the size of the code.

Hmm, Only one library is redeclared, in order to overcome a small shortcoming in the default vB library.

You seem to be having some issues reading the code, If you have any questions on how to do this, or on how to properly wrap functions, we'd be happy to help you out.

Originally Posted by Jaxel

What makes this even worse is that DBTech charges $250 for a pro version of this mod.

P.S, as pointed out above, our shoutbox is not $250 – Not sure if you're deliberately mis-representing things to detract attention from your own shortcomings, or if you actually went to the wrong site, read the wrong code and the wrong price. Thats the only other alternative I can think of?

Regardless, Hope that clears things up for you, Good luck with your mods =)

Iain